Back on Aug. 8, 2015, hip-hop suffered the devastating loss of Sean Price at age 43. Even three years later, Price’s voice and strong presence still lives on in the rap community. Fellow Brooklyn native Mic Handz paid tribute to Sean and his loved ones with the release of their two-track Alive EP last month, and Handz returns with the official “Conceit” video featuring the last known footage of the Heltah Skeltah rapper.

In 2012,Brooklyn MCs Mic Handz and Sean Price discussed creating an epic project titled “The EP: The Epic Phail.” One Day out of the blue, Sean called Mic and said “Come get me, I feel Rappy.” Once at the Carnegie Deli Studio in NYC, Mic played Sean the instrumental for what would become their initial collaboration, “Stay Givin It up”. After Sean laid his verse, he told Mic “Dont rap…you can lay yours later, play another beat” and he proceeded to lay his bars for “Conceit” & “Alive”. Some time had past since Sean and Mic had recorded and the fate of Epic Phail was still unknown. Mic finally received a text from Sean ” Im not ignoring you, I just have a few things going on…just send the beats”. That last communication took place August 6th 2015. Sean went on to pass away on August 8th. Def Squad acknowledges the absolute fact that Sean Price is one of the greatest MCs to ever touch a microphone. He truly blessed the Hip Hop culture with his talent and his character. It is our honor to release unreleased footage of Sean Price with the blessing of his wife Bernadette and featuring a multi faceted and extremely talented Mic Handz.

Kyo Itachi has been working hard as of late. This track is from his third producer compilation album in 2 years titled “Rest In Power“. The project is dedicated to his mother. I’m feeling this one featuring the late great Sean Price. The rest of the album features Roc Marciano, Smoothe Da Hustler, Planet Asia, Chino XL, Ruste Juxx, DV Alias Khryst, Lord Have Mercy, Sadat X, Craig G, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Krondon, Rim Da villins, Innocent?, Da Buze Bruvaz, Nujericans, Nolan The Ninja and more. “Rest In Power” is out now.

I heard this a few months ago on a PF Cuttin podcast but today producer Shortfyuz releases the proper version of his track with Sean Price titled “Not For Nothing”. You can find this track on Shortfyuz’ new album “LoSTol” out today.